Three-finger mitten



- E. T; BASKIN.

THREE-FINGER MITTEN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7. 1920.

1,378,758. Patented May 17,1921.

I W W i I Va Show UNITED STATES EDWIN 'r. BASKIN, on Kansas CITY, missormr.

THREE-FINGER MITTEN.

Specification of LettersPatent. Patehted May 1'7, 1921.

Application filed September 7, 1920. Serial No. 408,618;

useful Improvements in Th'ree-Finger Mittens;,and'I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in hand coverings, and the present disclosure is directed more particularly to a three-fingered mitten or glove, the principal object being to improve upon my U. S. Patent No. 1,209,380 of December 19, 1916, to such an extent as to provide for more easy and rapid stitching of the reinforcing ears to the thumb and body blanks, said ears being formed from the material cut from the thumb openings. These ears of my previous patent were provided with straight ends and curved sides and in stitching them to the blanks, it was necessary to turn two sharp corners, causing not only a great deal of trouble, but consuming more time than can be profitably expended on comparatively cheap gloves of the character to which my invention relates, that is those formed principally of cotton. 7

Another objectfof the invention is to not only produce the results above set forth, but to simultaneously form a thumb opening of such shape as to form a better fit on the users hand, an elliptical formation of the ears and thumb openings serving to effectively attainboth ends.

With the foregoing in View, the invention resides in the novel construction herein described and claimed, the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the body blank used in the manufacture of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the thumb blank.

Figs. 3 and 1 are plan views of the finger backs. I

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the completed glove.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates a body blank which is cut to form a palm portion 2 and several fingers 3, a and 5 projecting forwardly therefrom. From the finger 3, one edge of the blank 1 extends outwardly to aconsiderable extent as indicated at Gand this porof the glove, when the necessary stitching is done. The finger section 4 is located adjacent the section 3 and is adapted to engage the second finger of the users hand, while the third and fourth fingers jointly engage the finger section 5.. The back of the second finger is formed by a suitable strip of material 41? as shown in Fig. 4 while the backs of the third and .fourth fingers are formed by a somewhat similar strip 5 as disclosed in Fig. 3. The edges of these strips are stitched to the finger sections 4 and 5 and said strips are stitched to each other along their inner edges 8, while their outer edges 9 are similarly attached to the outer edges of the body blank 1. i

The folded portion of the blank 1 is slit as shown at 10 to simultaneously form a reinforcing ear 11 of elliptical form and a similarly shaped thumb opening 12, said ear being integral with the blank at the'front end of the opening as shown clearly in Fig. 1, and being adapted for inward folding onto said blank'as will be clear from the dotted lines 13 in Fig. 1-. When in this folded position, a continuous row of stitching 1 1- (Fig. 5) follows the edge of the ear 11 and se cures said ear to the blank 1, thus serving to reinforce one side of the crotch between the thumb and forefinger as will be clear by referring to Fig. 5. The elliptical shape of the ear 11 is important for two reasons. In the first place, this shape permits the car 11 to be stitched to the blank 2 without turning any abrupt corners and consequently a great saving in time and trouble is effected over Patent No. 1,209,380. In the second place, the elliptical thumb opening fits the users thumb more neatly than the opening shown in the patent in question.

The numeral 16 designates a thumb blank so shaped that when it is folded upon itself, it forms all sides of the thumb of the glove or mitten, theside edges 17 of said thumb blank being stitched to each other, as are also the front end portions of said blank, while the rear portions of the blank in question are stitched to the body blank 1 and to the usual wrist-band 18. The folded portion of the thumb blank 16 is slit at 19 to simultaneously form a reinforcing car 20 and a thumb opening 21, both of elliptical form. The ear 20 is identical with the car 11 and is folded over onto the blank 16 and stitched thereto by a continuous row of stitching 22 as shown in F ig. 5. The thumb opening 21 obviously registers with the opening 12 when the two blanks 1 and 16 are stitched together and the portions of the blanks at the edges of said thumb openings are stitched to each other in any suitable way.

By forming the device in the manner shown and described, it may be cheaply and easily manufactured and a great'saving in time is effected Over the disclosure of U. S. Patent 1,209,380, above referred to, which saving is a great item in the manufacture of cheap cotton gloves, in order that they may be sold at the minimum price.

While all of the details shown and described are preferably followed, it will be understood that within the scope of the invention as claimed, minor changes in the form, proportion, and minor details maybe resorted to in the construction of a three finger hand covering.

I claim:

A hand covering comprising a body blank cut to form; a palm and fin er sections integral therewith, one edge of said blank being folded over and stitched to form the sides and back of the forefinger, back sections stitched to the remainingfinger sections and to each other to form the back of the glove, and athumb blank folded on itself and stitched to form the thumb, the folded portionsof both blanks having slits defining elliptical thumb openings and elliptical ears, the latter being integral with the blanks at the front ends of the thumb openings and being folded onto and stitched [along their edges to said blanks, the two blanks being stitched together with their thumb openings registering with ach other thus forming the completed three fingered hand covering,-substantially as set forth. I a

In testimony whereof I have'hereunto set my hand. 1

EDWIN T. BASKIN. 

